Governments have so corrupted money that we forget that sound money, by providing both fungibility and privacy, has been a defense against overreaching governments. While sound money is in the interests of citizens, governments have managed to destroy it. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/privacy-and-fungibility-forgotten-virtues-sound-money
Modern historians depend heavily upon sweeping narratives and their take on the US War of Secession is no exception. Yet, the use of methodological individualism allows one to avoid sweeping judgments like claiming the Confederacy was founded upon belief in white supremacy. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/methodological-individualism-historical-analysis-0
When Cardinal Robert Prevost was named Pope, he took the name of Pope Leo XIV. Leo XIII authored Rerum Novarum, which is the basis for Catholic social teaching and is friendlier to private property and free markets than anything the Vatican has produced since then. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/leo-xiv-and-rerum-novarum
The British complained of unfair competition from goods supplied by the American colonists. So the state intervened to manage trade and make it “fair.” But the American revolutionaries saw protectionism for the scam it was, and still is. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/american-revolution-was-free-trade-revolution
Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/return-first-principles-end-wars-middle-east
When the American Revolution broke out, the American colonies were perhaps the least-taxed place on earth. How did this country move from that position to the colossus it has become today? Joshua Mawhorter provides some sobering July 4 reading to find the answer. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/american-independence-and-seeds-big-government
Regardless of Oval Office revisionism, Americans should never forget that their nation was forged in resistance to political slavery and claims by distant masters to unlimited power. Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/1775-two-step-led-american-independence
The Declaration of Independence is about radical opposition to state power. The Declaration takes a stand against political vices like unity, loyalty, and centralized power. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/spirit-declaration-independence-secession-division-disloyalty
June's job growth was hailed in the media as proof of a strong economy. Except there's a problem: fully half of these new jobs were government jobs. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/half-junes-job-growth-was-government-manufacturing-jobs-fall
The American Revolution wasn’t a polite disagreement with Britain. It was a people-powered upheaval that shattered empires, inspired global revolutions, and rewrote the rules of liberty. Original article: https://mises.org/articles-interest/was-american-revolution-radical
Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/why-phrase-jewish-state-propaganda
Britain‘s Labour Party won an overwhelming victory at the last election, and Prime Minister Keir Starmer has already following the script of Labour when it was run by communists. Already, a large number of wealthy taxpayers have left the country for lower tax havens. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/labour-party-undermining-british-economy
As housing prices have skyrocketed in Ireland, the government did what governments do all too often: impose rent controls. Such interventions into the housing market have created downstream effects that continue to encourage even more intervention. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/emphasizing-mirage-downplaying-reality
Central planning thwarts Iran’s economy. Many Iranian government officials blame their nation’s economic demise on Western countries sanctions and not their policy choices. Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/irans-central-planning-policies-harm-its-economy
After more than fifty years of U.S. government-sponsored housing finance, Why has home ownership not increased and why are houses unaffordable? Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/after-50-years-us-government-sponsored-housing-finance-why-are-houses-so-unaffordable
Voters in last week‘s Democratic Primary in New York City had to choose between a socialist and a crony capitalist. They chose the socialist. Fifty years ago, Establishment politicians drove the city into de facto bankruptcy. A new generation of political elites are doing the same. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/half-century-after-new-york-citys-fiscal-collapse-citys-politicians-have-learned-nothing...
Contrary to popular myth, every Republican president since and including Herbert Hoover has increased the federal government's size, scope, or power. Over the last one hundred years, of the five presidents who presided over the largest domestic spending increases, four were Republicans. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-daily/republicans-and-big-government
The Republican insistence on increasing military spending is the main reason Congress cannot cut taxes without increasing the debt, making cuts in domestic welfare programs, or both. Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/big-beautiful-bill-military-industrial-complex
The Boston Tea Party was an opening act in what came to be a violent culture war and war of national liberation. And it helps us understand how America in 2020 could become as bitterly divided as America during the revolution. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/american-revolution-was-culture-war
Another president, another “strike for peace.” Trump’s assault on Iran wasn’t about safety. It was another step in the long tradition of unchecked executive power and endless war waged without consent. Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/trumps-strike-against-iran-weapons-mass-overreach
Our media, higher education, and, of course, governments tell us that our social and economic problems are due to capitalism. Yet, what we see are governments bringing us inflation, chaos, and the horror of war. It's time we abandon the fiction that governments "serve the people." Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/free-market-would-preclude-todays-headlines
The fact remains that the strategic value of nuclear arms lies almost totally on the side of defense. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/economics-nuclear-weapons
To better understand history, we must understand how people thought and acted in the context of their times and the prevailing worldviews of that era. Unfortunately, modern historians insist on looking at US History from modern collectivists viewpoints. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/methodological-individualism-historical-analysis
Socialist mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani has emerged as a serious challenger to Andrew Cuomo in the race for mayor of New York City. If Mamdani wins, he promises to vastly expand government control of housing and businesses there. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/will-new-york-city-become-new-socialist-paradise
His policies took more than a million people off the income tax rolls, and 98 percent of Americans paid no income tax at the end of his term. As a result, America prospered under Coolidge. Real economic growth averaged 7 percent per year while he was in office. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/silent-cal-had-lot-say
In a free society, legitimate economic success does not fall from the sky or come by force. Behind every fortune lies effort, risk, savings, time, discovery, validation, and social coordination. Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/critics-capitalism-misunderstand-economic-success
If we were to claim independence from the modern-day royalty of the beltway, the markets will ensure better holidays in the future. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/how-government-ruins-4th-july-travel
With the exception of the "covid panic" and the mandated lockdowns, etc., last week was the highest total for ongoing unemployment claims since early 2018: Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/unemployment-claims-reach-highest-2018-ex-covid
Speaking at the recent Rothbard Graduate Seminar, Dr. Joseph Salerno traces Murray Rothbard‘s intellectual development while in the economics Ph.D. program at Columbia University. Rothbard was dissatisfied with the popular schools of thought until he discovered Austrian economics. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/young-rothbard-uncomfortable-neoclassical-economist
The Supreme Court has told Maryland parents their children do not have to sit through militant LGBTQ+ indoctrination classes, violating their religious values. Previous courts had forbidden parents from “opting out” of such sessions. This is a blow against government tyranny. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/scotus-strikes-blow-against-public-school-indoctrination-young-children...
